Re: BatchProcessing Files on Windows

BTW, if you have more Windows cmd issues, I highly recommend joining and
asking at http://stackoverflow.com which is a better place for generic
questions.  Of course, at first you didn't know whether your issues were
sox issues (and one of them was.)  Just pointing out a great resource for
that kind of question.  They can also answer sox questions there.


On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 10:07, Jeff Learman <[email protected]> wrote:

> %%~Ni returns the base filename (without directory or extension) for %%i,
> if %%i is the index in a FOR loop.  See
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3432851/dos-bat-file-equivalent-to-unix-basename-command
> for more info.  Look at the second answer down, which has a list for what
> "%~xi" does for different letters x.  Apparently it's case-insensitive.
> Also, the for is different in a batch file than on the command line, "%%"
> versus "%", see
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14509652/what-is-the-difference-between-and-in-a-cmd-file
> for the reason.  (I'll just add that to the list of reasons I dislike
> Windows command line.  But the main reason is I'm more used to sh/ksh/bash.)
>
> On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 01:36, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If the place of Sox is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sox\sox.exe", you could
>> also start your command in your wav-folder:
>>
>> FOR %F IN (*.wav) DO "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sox\sox.exe" "%F" -b 8
>> "%~NF.aiff"
>>
>> or
>>
>> FOR %F IN (*.wav) DO "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sox\sox.exe" "%F" -b 8
>> "processedfolder\%~NF.flac"
>>
>> *.cmd means a batch file. I have attached such a file ("command.txt"):
>> - copy it inside your wav-folder
>> - if necessary do any changes
>> - inside a cmd-file you need double "%"
>> - rename it to "command.cmd" and make a double-click :-)
>>
>> Regards
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> Am 27.05.2020 um 15:33 schrieb Nils Wallgren:
>> > I have my sox.exe in in my Program Files (x86). What I always do is 1)
>> > open the folder that contains the audiofiles, write the “cmd” in the
>> > address field
>> >
>> > 2) set the audiodriver=waveaudio
>> >
>> > 3) then I use sox/play/rec
>> >
>> > I don’t know any other way to work.
>> >
>> > Sorry. But when you write *.cmd I am not really sure where to run this
>> > command.
>> >
>> > I tried my workprocess with FOR %F IN (*.wav) DO sox.exe "%F" -b 8
>> > "processedfolder\%~NF.flac" and it works
>> >
>> > But not really sure what the ~NF is short for.
>> >
>> > If I work within the folder of Sox I also need to place the audiofiles
>> > in this folder too.
>> >
>> > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>> > Windows 10
>> >
>> > *From: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> > *Sent: *Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:31
>> > *To: *Nils Wallgren <mailto:[email protected]>
>> > *Cc: *[email protected]
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>
>> > *Subject: *Re: [SoX-users] BatchProcessing Files on Windows
>> >
>> > This is a fake sox-path :-) You must use ure own path!!! Where is your
>> > sox. exe? Or do you start the batch file or command inside the folder of
>> > Sox, where the sox.exe is?
>> >
>> > This should work - commandline (if you have flac inside):
>> > FOR %F IN (*.wav) DO sox.exe "%F" -b 8 "%~NF.flac"
>> >
>> > Or in a *.cmd:
>> > FOR %%F IN (*.wav) DO sox.exe "%%F" -b 8 "%%~NF.flac"
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Thomas
>> >
>> > Am 27.05.2020 um 11:48 schrieb Nils Wallgren:
>> >
>> >     “C:\sox.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command”
>> >
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